St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-31
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A Ringing Declaration of Princi-
ptes..A Just Arrangement,

ptes..A Just Arrangement.
The Democracy of the city of Minneapolis,
in convention assembled, declares:
First-That while as individuals we may
differ as to details and question the policy of
certain specific acts, yet as whole, the adj
ministration of President Cleveland meets
our hearty approval. In like manner we in
dorse the administration of our present hon
ored mayor, and especially indorsing his
course relative to the eight hours and anti
contract SYSTEM assure him of the same
hearty support in the future that we have
given him in the past.
Secondhand we enter our earnest protest
against so much of the action OF the late leg
islature as was evidently intended to deprive
our people OF the right of self government,
and condemn its class Legislation SO readily
approved by so.called governor
rich and poor,-legislationi; which can
only work injury to the growth and pros
perity OF our city. We denounce it's under
handed and double-dealing not only in having
first stripped the mayor of our great city of
many of the duties willingly intrusted to him
by the people, and then showed seublance
OF fairness in extending his term of Office, but
In Its attempt also to defeat the will of the
people by extending the terms of office of
municipal judges and other city officials far
beyond the time for which they were elected
thus endeavOring to continue the rule of
hance of the peoples wishes.
Thlrd-Thau we call upon each and every
official whose term OF office has been so ex-
tended, to vacate his Office peaceaby at the
end OF the term for which the people elected
him. to the end that the people may Say
whether or not his services are longer de-
sired.
Fourth-That independent of the question
as to how 1t may affect party supremacy in
the city council, we denounoe the act of the
. lf rasft %.<~
in so extending the city limits as to take in
broad acres not demanded even by our ey-
pected increase in population-an act which
was also intended to force the farmer to pay
city taxes which will rob him of all the profit
of his toll.
Fifth-That ''we point with pride to the rec
ord OF the Democratic members Of the city
council on the labor question, and ''view with
alarm the attitude of the Republican MEM
bers, as ''fraught with evil to the best in
terests of the working masses whom the Dem
ocratIc party, with individual exceptions have
ever favored; and that we ask the working
men OF the city to calmly and dspassionately
ask themselves who have been their friends
and to cast their ballots accordingly.
SlXth-That we are opposed to exclusive
franchises to private individuals, whether for
street car lines, gas or telegraph companies
or other purposes and believe that in every
question OF doubt the benefit should be given
in the interest of competitions; that an op-
portunity should be given In the courts to
test the validity of any so-called exclusive
franchises whenever the interests of the peo-
pie will be enhanced thereby.
(, Seventh-That we call upon every voter
who is loyal to Minneapolis and her interests
by which we mean the interests of the
many as against the few-to unite with US in
the approaching city election and aid us in
checking and rebuking the abuses of the Re-
publican schemers, and we re-affirm the
declaration Of President Cleveland that
public Office is public trust and the
declaration of his ilustrous prede cessor,
President Lincoln, that ours should be "a
government of the people, by the people, for
the people,